3A District 3 Girls Soccer Playoffs: 1st Round – #14 Hershey vs. #3 Cocalico (10-21-24)

Manheim Central Junior Maddie Knier scored her 1,000th Career Point Friday night in the 1st quarter against Elco! Knier became the 6th player in Lady Barons history to reach the 1,000 point mark! Check out this video to re-live the sights & sounds from a milestone night in the Lady Barons program!

P.S. Lady Barons won the game 65-42 over Elco, Manheim Central's 4th straight win of the season!

Manheim Central rallied late in the game to take Round 1 against Cocalico… 4-3! Barons exploded for 3 runs in the 6th inning, capped off by Ky Watson’s RBI 1b! Trevor Lowe picked up the Win! Trent Dickson threw 6 solid innings with 7 K's, but was chased in the 6th! Nolan Book also blasted a solo home run for the Barons! Central has now won 3 straight Section 3 games!

-- There will be 2 more meetings this year on April 19 & May 6 (on Blue Ridge 11 TV)!

The “Backyard Brawl” between Cocalico & Ephrata came down to the FINAL bout of the night… tied 29-29! Ephrata’s Kaleb Sweigart survived a 13-11 decision at 172lbs against Cocalico’s Dane Bollinger! Mounts Won 32-29… picked up their 9th straight dual win to wrap up the season & knocked off the Eagles for the 2nd year in a row!

🔹Cocalico got pins from Chase Breneman (114), Blake Shenk (139) & Nolan Steiner (285)! Sam Hershey (121) earned a Tech Fall!

🔸Ephrata had pins from Noah Tlumach (152) & Quincy Myer (189)! Brody Musser (145) added a Tech Fall!

Cocalico punched their ticket back to the 3A Championship Game with a 2-0 win over Manheim Central! Liv Smith got the Lady Eagles on the scoreboard in the 75th minute... followed by Kira Lehman's Goal 3 minutes later!

-- Not only is Cocalico playing for another District 3 Title on Thursday, October 31... they have also qualified for States in back to back seasons! #10 Manheim Central has to win the 3rd place game at home against #12 Palmyra on Thursday, October 31 to make States!